In a spin at Red Propeller
Hullo, viewers - Thin White Duke here. This month saw the opening of a new gallery in Kingsbridge called Red Propeller. Some 150 movers and shakers turned up to the launch party and were apparently suitably impressed. We dug the super-glossy work by Louise Dear, while Mrs PRSD seemed more preoccupied with the statues of naked blokes. Go figure.
We had a chat with Red Propeller’s Sarah Anslow (who seemed chuffed with all the interest) and asked her to send us an email with her impressions of how the launch went and to provide some context and stuff. Culture Show, eat your
heart out.
Oh, and look out for pictures from Red Propeller in our gallery in the next few days (ie, when we get round to it). Here’s Sarah’s email:
“It has been quite a month in the increasingly hip, hop and happening Kingsbridge area of South Devon. Not only did Damon Albarn launch his new supergroup The Good, the Bad and the Queen at a secret gig at the Pig’s Nose Inn at East Prawle, but Pink Joe also made his shocking debut at the launch party of the sexy, new Red Propeller Gallery in Kingsbridge high street.
“Inspired by the great Renaissance Italian sculptors, Pink Joe is a life-size silicon sculpture created by the renowned South West sculptress Lucianne Lassalle.
“As part of the Red Propeller Gallery launch show, Lucianne certainly made an impact - exploring the juxtaposition of the traditional male torso with luminous pink rubber, digging deep into male vulnerability and male sexuality. What is it with her, is nothing sacred?!
“Other new work by Lucianne in this launch show, Sons Of Abraham and Salome And The Red Necklace, excavate down beneath the skin of social mores to reveal both the beauty of humanity and the cruel inhumanity of the creatures we call humankind.
“Also exhibiting is rising Brit Art star Louise Dear, hidden pearl of the South Hams, who has rarely exhibited in this area but regularly sells out in London and New York. She creates beautiful, sexy, multi-layered, distressed paintings giving them a depth of patina and history.
“Joining Lucianne Lassalle and Louise Dear is the extremely talented and brilliant artist James Stewart, who falls excitingly somewhere between David Hockney and Peter Blake with his highly stylised and often provocative images.
“In short, the exhibition will stir in you joy, sadness, lust or disgust but it won’t leave you cold. Get ready to be moved.
“Red Propeller aims to provide a platform for work not traditionally shown in the area, by pushing the boundaries and taking risks. It has already been hailed as a signiificant development in the cultural life of not only Kingsbridge but Devon as a whole, with even the most conservative declaring it’s ‘just what Devon has been waiting for’ and that ‘Kingsbridge has never rocked so hard’. “Â
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